reduplication
pronunciation
How to pronounce reduplication in British English:
UK [rɪˌdju:plɪ'keɪʃən]
How to pronounce reduplication in American English:
US [rɪˌdjuplə'keɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
- the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
- a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
- the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
Word Origin
- reduplication (n.)
- 1580s, from French réduplication (16c.), from Late Latin reduplicationem (nominative reduplicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of reduplicare (see reduplicate).
Example
- 1. On reduplication of adjectives in southern min : types , meaning and constraints .
- 2. This commentary is not to be considered as a reduplication .
- 3. Form by reduplication , as of sounds or morphemes of a word .
- 4. We believe that appearance and analogy of vr construction catalyze appearance of verbal reduplication in recent and modern chinese , but it is not the cause . The cause is transition of construal patterns of recurrent similar objects .
- 5. This paper first makes a contrastive study of reduplication between chinese and english , including their forms , functions and scopes of application . While offering a brief discussion on their similarities , the author focuses on their dissimilarities .